Letter
George B. McClellan to Irvine, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861.
Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire:
CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a forward movement to be made by Colonel Kelley. As Colonel K. has been mustered into the United States service, you will please report to him with your regiment for duty, and follow his instructions. I am sure, colonel, that I can rely upon your giving your full and cordial support to this advance, and that the reputation of the Ohio troops will lose nothing in your hands. Please be careful to preserve the most rigid discipline, and do all in your power to strengthen the Union sentiment.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Department.
[Inclosure No. 3.]
_ Instructions to Col. J. B. Steedman, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry.
Major-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Department.
[Inclosure No. 3.]
_ Instructions to Col. J. B. Steedman, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Cincinnati. Summary: Major General McClellan orders Colonel Irvine to support Colonel Kelley's advance at Wheeling, emphasizing discipline and strengthening Union sentiment among Ohio troops in May 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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